Mike Jordan DJ Profile

A music obsessive since my youth and my days of spinning Hall & Oates records and watching WKRP, I have loved listening and sharing new and old music discoveries whenever I can. I was a DJ on a weekly music shift at WCSB-FM in Cleveland from 1995-1999, and music director there from 1996-1999. After that I spent 3.5 years working for 2 indie labels/distributors in Chicago (Southern, Thrill Jockey) where I was in charge of marketing new releases to stores & distributors, coordinating in-store appearances, and managing physical production. I returned to Ohio in 2002 and went back on the radio at WCSB doing a comedy show from 2003-2005. Later, I did occasional brunch DJ gigs at the Beachland Ballroom and some freelance music writing, in addition to accumulating a ton of vinyl (quite literally according to our movers). I work in commercial real estate which brought me back to Chicago this summer and I'm now eager to get involved in the music community here again.

At the same time, I'm always combing through the past and will likely feature deep cuts and lost classics from artists like: Allen Toussaint, Little Feat, Fairport Convention, Dr John, Major Lance, Bobby Charles, The Band, Van Morrison, etc. along with classic country, R&B, blues and folk.

Every now and then I might throw in some ambient, krautrock or jazz to keep things interesting!

In any case, I've been listening to Chirp quite a bit since coming back to the city and I'm looking forward to getting involved and knowing the organization even better.